Word: furiousness
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...failing to prove that something can happen is not the same as proving it doesn't, and the issue is still a matter of furious debate. The only scientific evidence against childhood vaccines comes from Dr. Andrew Wakefield, formerly at the Royal Free Hospital in London. His theory is that autism stems from a severe immune reaction to something in the vaccine. In February he published a paper showing that immunized children with autism and bowel disorders have higher levels of measles particles in their intestinal tissue than normal children do. The evidence is not entirely persuasive, however; measles particles...
...World last week, I was struck by an anchor's air of incomprehension at a demonstration in Washington in support of Israel: Weren't the Americans, she asked a correspondent, really rather "simple" when it came to the realities of the Middle East? Many American Jews, not surprisingly, are furious at the European response. For nations responsible for the Holocaust to ignore the horrors of suicide attacks on Israeli targets, to shut their ears to the hate for Jews that spews from the Arab media, seems unforgivable. American Jews ask why European peace activists go to Ramallah and Nablus rather...
...that Vivendi has lost more than half its value, Messier simply looks all wet. And some of his French employees are furious. Last week an internal revolt against Messier spilled into the Paris streets after he fired Pierre Lescure, the popular president of Vivendi's money-losing pay-TV company, Canal Plus. Irate workers--claiming once again that Messier was selling out Gallic culture for profits--commandeered a studio, televised a Messier bash-in and protested near the Champs Elysees. Messier refused to back down, and his board looks certain to stand behind...
...that would have impressed any Hollywood stuntman. With a running start, they leaped off the cottage roof, sailed over the barbed-wire fencing and tumbled onto the neighboring villa's roof--a drop of 25 feet. They were immediately grabbed by four Pakistani cops waiting for them. Zubaydah was furious that fellow believers would act against him. "You're not Muslims!" he is said to have told the police disdainfully in English. "Of course we are," an officer replied. "Well, you're American Muslims," he sneered...
...that would have impressed any Hollywood stuntman. With a running start, they leaped off the cottage roof, sailed over the barbed-wire fencing and tumbled onto the neighboring villa's roof?a drop of 8 m. They were immediately grabbed by four Pakistani cops waiting for them. Zubaydah was furious that fellow believers would act against him. "You're not Muslims!" he is said to have told the police disdainfully in English. "Of course we are," an officer replied. "Well, you're American Muslims," he sneered...